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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

EPREs ENTATIVE BEATTY Of Logan
county on Thursday introduced bill
which quite seriously interests county
officers. The object of the bill is the
reduction of the fees paid to these ser.
wants of the people, and 1t affects Audit
Ors, Clerks and Sheriffs. 1t provides that
the County Auditors In the several cOun
ties of the State shall receive cOmpensa-
tlOn on basis of population. In coun-
ties having 1900 male Inhabitants
above the age of twenty one years, the
Auditor shall receive 5000 per year, and
in counties having more than 1900 such
inhabitants, they shall receive for each
year the sum of $100 for each addi
tiOnsl LOCO inhabitants. County Treas
uTeTs at each semi.annual settlement
are to be allowed fees on moneys col
lected on the grand duplicate, of the
following per centage: o. the first
$4,000, "a per cent on next $4,000,
II ger cent; on next $4,000 II per
per cent; on next $4,000, 6 10 of / per
cent, on next 100000, 4-l0 of per
cent; on all other or further sumo, 2-10
of one mill, and on all moneys collected
on any special duplicate fOur-tenths
of per cent. For collection on licenses,
fines, fOrfeitures or on bonds or recogni
Zanccs he Is allowed on the first 1000 6
per cent, and on all sums in excess of
this sum per cent, and all other
moneys collected siX-tenths of / per
cent. for the first $4,000, and three
tenths for all sums over this; but no
compensation is to be allowed on any
money received from the State Treasurer
or his predecessor In Office, or on any
moneys received from the proceeds Of
the bonds of the county or Of any muni-
cipal corporations.
The bill further fixes the amount of
fees to be charged by the Sheriffs and
County Clerks for making out writs.
summons, &C., impaneling juries and
serving subj 9nss, making reduction
in many instances. As fixed in the bill,
the reduction In the Sheriff's fees
amount to about 30 per cent, and on
those allowed County Clerks under the
present law of % per cent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
COMMENTED LABoRaRs IN CHINA
A Land Where Wages Are Low, but
Employment Plenty and Living Cheap.

A Land Where Wages Are Low, but
Employment Plenty and Living Cheap.
"Laborers in China are content,' said
Mr.. Lieu, Of the Chinese consulate, "be-
cause they do not lack employment, get
what they earn, and can support themselves
in a way that satisfies them upon what they
get. The lowest class of labor earns in the
cities ten cents day, and in the agricultural
districts-where the work Is harder and the
hours of labor longer-twenty cents. Those
are average figures, Sometimes the very
lowest class of laborers earn as much as
ST. or So day, but that is only when
they carry people on chairs, up to ancestral
shrines on on other business, into the noun
tains That is terribly hard work, for the
carriers are expected to go rapidly all day
long, and they should be well paid for it.
Artisans of all classes earn from thirty to
forty cents a day. The carver and the house
painter have much esteemed occupations
that combine the utilitarian and artistic,
and are enabled to earn as much as sixty
to seventy cents day.
"No laboring men in China, in the regu-
lar pursuit of their avocations get more
than the latter figure but in northern
China the wages are just little higher.
Those earnings seem small to Americans,
no doubt, but it must be remembered that
a cent in China goes as far as dime here,
and dime in China buys as much as dol
lar here. In the light of that fact it will
be readily understood that the Chinese la
borer's toll is well remunerated. II the
man who earns thirty OF forty cents day
spends Is cents for his three meals he will
be as comfortably fed as is the New Yorker
who pays seventy-fve cents a meal. He
will not have the same things, to be sure,
but he will have what he appreciates and
wants. Many things that the New Yorker
has learned to regard as necessities the
Chinaman never heard of, or, if he does
know of their existence, has no desire for
them.
Vegetables are abundant, excellent and
cheap in China. Pork, which is very low
in price, is the universal meat, although
beef is eaten to a considerable extent in
northern China and good deal of mutton
is consumed. Beef and mutton are not
within the ordinary reach of the common
laborers nor is venison, which is raised in
preserves and looked upon as a luxury
but pork is cheap enough for all. Then,
beyond eating, the artisan finds an allow
ance Of five cents day sufficient to cover
his rent and clothing. Even if he has a
family, his thirty or forty cents day will
enable him to lay by something all the time
for old age, ''rainy day." or investment.
And as the Chnaman is by nature abstemi-
GUS and frugal, spending little in amuse-
ment and less in dissipation, he saves his
money as few other toilers do. The great
ambition of his life is to own bit of real
estate, and there are immense numbers of
the artisan class who live in their own
houses New York Sun Interview.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
stocky Little Phil Sheridan.

One frequently sees in the corridors of
Che Fifth Avenue hotel a stocky little man
smoking his after dinner cigar. In sum-
mer he invariably wears an unusually tall
white hat, and after the autumn leaves
drop it is replaced by an equally tall black
one. This is evidently to give the little
man height He usually wears a suit of
dark mixed goods, and every other step
he takes somebody grasps his hand and
wants to know how he is. He's Lieut..
Gen. Phil Sheridan, and only when one
looks into his determined eye can it be
Imagined that he'd just as soon fight at the
head of an army as eat. A reporter with
more zeal than discretion, tackled the gem
eral the other night with the question:
"What do you think of President Cleve-
lands administrations Gen Sheridan
looked solemnly at him for a second, and
then in fatherly way, replied: "Young
man, don't you know that you shouldn't
ask me such a question: Then the young
man recollected the generals official posi-
ton and, after suitable explanation, the
two chatted away like good fellows-New
York Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

decision In the case was given bv the
Supreme Court Monday, Judge Force
delivering the opinion n very fsw
sentences, The plaintiff alleged that
they were not concerned IN the trr ffie In
intoxicating liquors, and there was no
tax on the manufacture Of them, and
they raised the constitutional y Of the
law. The Supreme Court having passed
upon the oOnstltutionality of thu act,
and the Superior Court having no doubt
that wholesale dealing should be re-
gsrded as one Of the kinds of trafficbing
the injunction was dissolved and jndg-
ment given for the treasurer. The deal
ers say they will carry the case 10 the
Supreme Court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
MASSACHUSETTS, Demorrats voted for

MASSACHUSETTS Democrats voted for
Dawes for United States Senator, whom
the holier-than thou element of the Re-
publicans were trying to defeat. As the
time for action drew near. they found
that Dawes had something like eighty
pledged to him for fret choice, and that
they had fifty for Long, while another
fifty we're standing out for Robinson.
They were afraid that the pressure Of o
caucus would nominate Dawes so soon
as either Robinson or Long should "let
co." so they refused to go into caucus,
ynd entered the joint ballot in Leglsla-
ture just as they stood. Thereupon, on
the second ballot, eighty-one Of the
ninety.two Democrats moved over to
Dawes and elected him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
JUDGE RoBINsoN,s RoosrER.
Practical Use OF nm Old Expedisnt COnyIcts
Theft Quickly.


COLUMBIA, 8. O., January 23 Trial
Justice Robinson, of Anderson, has a
unique way of fastening guilt upon the
criminals that appear In his court Yes
terday a negro was arranged before him
charged with stealing hog. One of
the witnesses for the prosecution was
specially active Ia his efforts to fix the
guilt upon the prisoner, and in an un-
guarded moment showed himself guilty
Of duplicity. The Judge took cogni
zsnee of this fact, and finding the
evidence against the prisoner wholly
insufficient for conviction, CT
dered him released. Believing strongly
In the guilt of the party he had spotted,
the Judge determined to try the fleet of
an old chestnut and suggested to the
large crowd Of darkies present that the
matter be left entirely to very fine
game rooster he had In the yard The
proposition met the approval Of the au-
dlence in the court room, and he ordered
the festhered judge to be brought in,
together with a large iron wash pot
The rooster and the pot both in,
the Judge assumed all the
dignity possible and proceeded to an
uUuuCb, uoAlUoAhgoAy hAu oOAC"hAJB hunV
the rooster would be placed under the
pot and everybody In the house would be
expected to touch 1t, while the negroes
present would sing LET the old ark
rock on"
"The rooster" said the Judge, twill
crow when the gHilty man touches the
pot"
Hands were then Clssped and circle
formed around the pot, and "Let the old
ark rock on" was sung as only negroes
can sing.
The Judge noticed that the burly fell
low he had suspected was very nervous
and was making bis way to the door, He
therefore urged him to enter the circle
and touch the pot. The fellow declined,
saying II am out Of dat scrape now and
l want to stay out"
He joined In the singing, but would
not touch the pot. The older negroes
regarded bis conduct as conclusive eVi-
dencs Of his guilt, and upon being
pressed he made full confession of the
crime, and was then sentenced to three
months Imprisonment in the county
jail.
The ignorant negroes now think that
Justice RObinson's trick is the triumph
Of genius, and are ready to worship the
game cock. They are also willing to
leave all the stealing cases In the COM
munity to the infallible judgment of
Judge RObinsOn's rooster.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

GENERAL BOYNToN comes out In. de
fense of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, and In q red hot three column ar
ttcle alleges that 1t was net the "Old let
ter" business that killed General L gan
but DOver's powders, In the hands of
that impudent old qusck, DR. Baxter!
Whatever the public verdict may IA on
the balance of General BOyntOn's article,
there Is no doubt but that part efer-
ring to that cheeky old fraud and
hsngerOn-to-the coat -tsilsof great-men
will be heartily endorsed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
These are Solid Facts.

The best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within the reach
Of suffering humanity, truly is Electric
BitteTs. Inactivity of the LiV' r, Bilious
ness, Jaundice, Constipation, Weak Kid
neys, or any disease OF the uTiuaTy or
gans. or whoever requires an appetizer,
tonic or mild stimulant, will always
find Electric Bitters the best and only
certain cure known. They act surely
and quickly, every bottle guaranteed to
give entire satisfaction or money re-
funded. Sold at fifty cents bottle by
Durbin, Wright g Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

The funeralot General Hazen occurred
at IL o'clock Wednesday. His remains
were temporarily Inferred at Oak Hill
Cemetery. The final interment will be
made after Mrs. Hszen's return from
Europe, probably at Hiram, Portage Co.,
his old home.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
WOMAN
NO LONGER
A SLAVE.

lido not give away with this article Watches,
Furniture, Chromos, Silver and China Sets,
Pewter Spoons Forks, ETC., as may sometimes
be done by parties to bolster up and foist upon
the market inferior, Alkaline Compounds
which rot and yellow the clothing, destroy
utensils and chap and shrivel the hands,
My confidence in the superior excellence OF
"RoUGH ON DIRT" as o washing powder for
every purpose Of the laundry, is such, that /
lay this card before the public in full conf
dence that ROUGH ON DIRT will give complete
satisfaction it being an entirely new depart
ure in the line of washing powders totally
unlike any Of the-so-called-soa or washing
compounds. ROUGH ON DIRT Is absolutely
free from destructive Alkali.
If ladies take pride in the appearance Of the
weekly wash, il they have regard to the bright
ness, freshness and cleanliness of the clothing,
they will carefully ynotewhat claimed forthis
article, and give 1t trial the next wash day.
If they have regard to economy, and at the
same time the use of an article that Will
wash everything, from finest linens and laceS
to heavy blankets without slightest injury,
they will not permit the laundress to use any
other than "RoUGH ON DIRT" Washing Pow
der Watch thepapersfor our advertisements.
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Druggists or Grocers. Economy in large sizes.
MS WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, Nd, U.S.A.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

The manager of the Fort Wayne, Ind,,
Gazette, MI. B. M. Holman, Gays he has
often read of the wonderful cures Of.
fected by St, Jacobs Oil. Becently he
sprained his ankle and invested In q
cane and bottle of st, Jacobs Oil. The
latter proved the better investment,
it entirely cured his ankle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

TOLEDO breathes freelv again, after
week of painful apprehension. The or
dinance passed by the Council tn open
the saloons on Sunday has been de
fested by a unanimous vote Of the Board
Of Aldermen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
THE wholesale liouor dealers Of Cil

clnnati protested against the applica-
tiOn Of the Dow taw to their business,
and some sixty Of them, through Senior
& Son, obtained temporary injunction
order restraining County Treasurer
Ratterman from collecting the tax. A
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

We farmers should travel more. The
Westerner can learn much Of the Easterner,
and the Easterner can learn just as much
Of the Westerner. The Westerner will be
impressed that the forte of the Easterner Ia
to save; the Easterner will think that tho
forte of the Westerner is to make. If the
enterprise of the one could be combined
with the economy of the other, both would
be richer. If the Westerner goes east ex-
pecting to find every farmer highly intelli-
gent, as l did, he will be fooled II the
Easterner goes west expecting to find every
person ignorant, he will be worse fooled.
No state in the Union can show more college
graduates to the square inch than Kansas.
There is more planting in the moon in the
east than in the west, and more coins put
away in socks, but in the west we are apt
to spread our planting over eighty acres Of
earth when it should be only forty, and 10
buy land whom we have nothing in our socks
but holes John M. Stahl in Country Cen
tleman.
---------s-.-----------------
Il has 5len discovered that ihe weight Of
cotton has ben increased by dishonest SOUTH
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

rheumatism, hackache, crick, sore
muscles, quickly go when Hop Plaster
Is applied. % cents.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

"Ah, " said the superintendent, land here
ls Tommy Goodboy's missionary offering,
$3.50. That will make some little heathen
hearts glad Now tell US how you got this
money, Tommy" 'Yes, sir1 said
Tommy speaking up Loudly and distinctly,
Hike the good boy that he was; part of It
pa won on Change, some of it ma won on
q crazy guilt rattle, some of it sister Laura
won at progressive euchre, 50 brother Bill
won on the horse race, twenty cents [ got
for marbles l won playin' keeps, and the
rest won in a grabbag and prize cake at
the church fair" After a brief consulta-
ton the brethren decided that they would
send the money on to the heathen, but
wouldn't tell them how it was raked in.
There are some things it isn't best even for
The heathen TO know. w.--Brooklyn Eagle.
A Man Who Defies Dietetio Rules.
Professor George Cromwell is probably
one of the busiest men in the busy hive Of
New York. He is professor of music in the
intervals between his exhibitions on the
stage, and has other various avocations, ar
tistic and literary. With all the arduous
occupation of his body and mind in which
"rest" seems to be actually only "change
of work, he eats but one meal-one So
called square meal-a day. Yet his health
y good beyond the average. There was
time, he says, when he was the abiect
slave, however, Of a case Of chronic dys-
pcpsia.
"And how lid you get rid OF fts'' he was
askea, IN tsasnfaresstf thousands OF suffer-
ing folioa h&rUls.
al came aerc1s an old crank O.. q phyzi-
eiap who told me never to eat unless when
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

II has 1len discovered that Tho weight Of
cotton has besn increased by dishonest south
ern dealers by sailing it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27
HIscoCK Knocked the persimmou.

Clears out Rats, Mice, Reaches, Water Bugs,
Flies, Beetles, Moths, Ants, Mosquitoes, Bed
bugs, Insects, Sparrows Skunk. Weasel,
Gophers, Chipmunks Moles, Musk Rats, Jack
Rabbits. Wooden boxes 15c., Csc. & S1.0O.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

She came 20 the door. and In the
blandcst Of tones called Sammy" but
there was no answer. She waited
bit, and then she raised her voice . lit
tie, and s.Sam-mee" hoated out upon
the air Ia that peculiar intonation, the
long-drawn rise on the first syllable
and the lingering dccadence on the last
that only q woman can give, and 70
which the average man could no moro
attain than he could button his boots
with hairpin. She leaned out ~
the corner Of the house and listened.
She could hear the boys down At tho
brook screaming and chsttering. but
they took no notice Of h.. calls. She
was a little riled. She gathered her
self up for mighty effort. and once
more that sSam-mee" rose and tell
through the deepening twilight like
wall Of banshce. Then she snapped
out, you'll see what you'll git when
you do GIT hero, young man." but tho
Young man was busily covering . thin
place in the ice with snow 80 the other
boy would 60 in and wet his SECT when
he stepped on it He couldn't indulge
in speculations rs to what he would
get in the dim future; he was getting
too much fun now.
She was mad. and she sung out. III
you amt up here in one minute, sir,
I'll be down there after you" Tho
other boy looked little uneasy, ana
wanted to know II Sammy hadn't bet
ter 70 up. to which Sammy returned:
.Haw. dye 'spose she'll wet her feet
comm out here in this snowP Jes' see
me plug that icicle over" The figure
1T the door stood irrcsolute, but she
had on her best slippers. She tried :
warning: .'Supper's ready. sir. ana
your father'll be here directly" ana
then the door slammed and peace
brooded over the scene. ''Jes' tell mo
II You see fathers hat around tho cor
ner," said Sam to the other boy, while
both rcdoubled their efforts 1t molding
snowballs. In about three minutes the
hat appeared, and directly after : man
stopped on the door stone and said,
..Sam-suppcr," and before the words
had fairly left his lips Sam was stand
ing on his head in his eagerncss 70 &c.
..up q the house" before the door could
close, and gray-hcadcd man walking
along the street wiped . tear out Of me
corner Of his eye, and said he hadn't
had such glimpse back At his own boy
hood for year. Lescsston Jo1r'ds'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

] was told when I came here tvd
months ago that II ! wanted 10 find OUT
what was trustworthy concerning tho
determination Of the buffalo. Capt. Jack
Bridges was the man 10 see. A.
Bridges was then hunting In the Serial
ers Mountains In Mexico. I took tho
cars 70 Gallcgo. where. through the
courtesy Of X. Il. Comfort. Superinten-
dent Of the Mexican Central Railroad
Company. ] was provided with an in
offensive bronco TO ride over TO Bridges
camp, some thirty. eight miles.
Capt Jack. who for years past has
been one II the most distinguished and
fearless hunters In the West. was the
first man 70 make contract 10 provide
large number Of buffalo hides. The
idea suggested itself 10 pelt-dealing
firm in Leayenworth. Kas.. who sent
for Bridges, telling him TO procure 200
hides NJ once. rs they wished to try
them in the English market. Bridges
signed the contract, and, hiring a lot
Of '.skinners," began his destructive
warfare against the bison. In five
weeks and four days he killed with his
own hand l,l43 builaloes, and the hides
Of these animals constituted the first
shipment Of buffalo-robcs to Europe.
While the contract was very lucrative.
owing to the great abundance Of the
animals. the slaughter disguised
Bridges. who was a natural-born sports
man. 30 much that he refused to be in
strumcntal in the future in any whole
sale destruction Of good meat. lie
says that he has only been sorry but
once for what he did, and that has been
always. Since then he has killed about
5000 head. but only when meat was
required by the different expeditions
for which he was guide. Having shot
buffalo from British Columbia 10 Texas.
and having lived for the past thirty-iive
years on the great game ranges Of tho
West, he is well qualified to speak au-
thoritatively on the subject.
''As far as ! know" said Bridges.
when talking on the subject, land l try
to keep myself posted, there are not
over GOO buffaloes left in the United
States. There are about 200 in the
Yellowstone Park, and these viii be the
sole survivors in year or two. In the
panhandle Of Texas there arc about
100: these do not include those on the
ranch Of Charley Goodnight. who has .
lot Of them semi-domesticated Good
nights ranch is near Vernon. in Arm
strong county. There are about ITO
in Kansas and the Indian Territory,
and i've or six in Colorado, ten in
Montana, and five in Dakota Tie
others are in little herd in an out-of-
the-way place which do not wish made
public"
This. then. sums up the bufaloes
left?r
Yes, though there may be seen a
struggling pair or two in Southern
Texas. / am told that two old bulls
were seen south Of San Antonio the
other day. and that they were followed
up and one killed. But have been
told twice recently, once by an Apache
and the other time by Wacoe Indian.
that on the big plains, 500 miles south
Of here, in a country very rarely trav-
elcd there il a large herd. will know
soon. for l am going down there this
spring. But the drouth has been 50
severe in Mexico this season that tho
game has suffered terribly, and has had
to travel many miles for water "-E
Paso Teri Letter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

Work on The gas well at the DePauw
Glass Works has been delayed several
days by the breskage Of al the drills
used. These breakages have been r.
paired and work has been resumed. The
Hudson river strata be- been penetrated
from $50 to 275 feet, and Il Il possible
this strata will be found to BE- from SOC
70 SO feet in thickness The drill Il
down about LAO feet. The Indication
for gas brought up BY the pump ars
most favorable, and there are also indi.
cations Of oil. There IL much encour.
agement for The belief that when the
Trenton rock i struck gas will be found
IN this well in large supply. The opin'
ion Of we'll informed gas well drilIers II
that under the Hudson Limestone thir
strata Of compact blue clay everything {
Thin strata Of shaIe, will Be struck, and
then the Trenton rock will BE- reached
This 10 the usual formation OF the strata
r. The gas producing sections. IN. a
Ledger.